The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a British Government program. It is designed to offset emissions created by energy company

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. The first obligation period ran from January 2013 to 31 March 2015. The second obligation period, known as ECO2, is from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2017. The Government obligates the larger energy suppliers to help lower-income households improve their

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. ECO is the replacement of two previous schemes, the

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(CERT) and the

Community Energy Saving Programme The Community Energy Saving Programme was an obligation on large UK energy companies to deliver energy saving measures to low income households. The obligation came into force on 1 September 2009 and ran until 31 December 2012. CESP was designed as ...

(CESP). It has been announced that the program will be replaced in 2017 by a less extensive version. The program focused on heating, in particular improving

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External links

Energy Company Obligation - ECO4
- general information website
ECO4 delivery guidance
for suppliers from

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ECO4 eligibility requirements
- ECO4 Scheme Government programs Emissions reduction Energy in the United Kingdom Climate change policy in the United Kingdom